Student Population at East Central

Total Enrollment

2,692 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

2,692

Online Enrollment

473

Men Students

1,056

Women Students

1,636

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 2,692 students have enrolled at East Central College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 1,056 male and 1,636 female students are attending East Central College. By attendance status, there are 1,225 full-time students and 1,467 part-time students.

The number of students at East Central College is small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Missouri.

East Central College offers online degree/certificate programs and 473 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between East Central College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,056 male and 1,636 female students attending East Central. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.65 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at East Central.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at East Central
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,692	1,225	1,467
Men	1,056	528	528
Women	1,636	697	939

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,430 White students (90.27%) and 91 Hispanic students (3.38%) at East Central College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at East Central College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at East Central College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	9	1	8
Asian	21	12	9
Black or African American	34	18	16
Hispanic	91	41	50
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	3	0
White	2,430	933	1,497
Two or More Races	83	36	47
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	9	4	5
Total	2,692	1,056	1,636

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 2,241 students whose age under twenty five and 297 students whose age is over thirty years old at East Central College.

Especially, 749 students are younger than eighteen and 2 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at East Central College.

Population by Student Age at East Central College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,692	1,056	1,636
Under 18	749	297	452
18-19	928	387	541
20-21	375	134	241
22-24	189	78	111
25-29	154	57	97
30-34	113	33	80
35-39	84	28	56
40-49	69	28	41
50-64	29	13	16
65 and over	2	1	1
Total	2,692	1,056	1,636

Online Student Population

At East Central College, 1,233 students (45.80% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 473 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 465 students live in Missouri where East Central College is located in and 8 students have enrolled from other states.